Experimental Photography

Using kitchen chemicals/food on chemigrams

The first chemigram that I made, I used kitchen cleaner. I like using the kitchen cleaner on a chemigram because of how the chemical creates a white outline on where it has been poured. 

This next one I used kitchen cleaner again but I used tea from inside the teabag as well over the top to see what kind of effect that would give. The tea gives that flaky/crumb effect like when you spill crumb all over the table from a biscuit or something.

For this one I used tea, kitchen cleaner and flour. I like how the flour gives the kitchen cleaner a blurry/snowy effect. I also tried to keep the flour within the kitchen cleaner area and spreading tea where the kitchen cleaner hasn't been poured. 

For this one I only used flour. I wanted to create that snowy effect so that it looks like it's snowing at night time because of the pitch black background. The big lumps of flour looks like a close up of a large snowflake as well, but the 'camera' can't quite focus on the snowflake.

For this one I used coconut oil and tea. This one would look like a galaxy if you didn't know what exactly it was. I like how the tea in the center looks clear and sharp but the oil in the background looks smudged and blurry.

For this final chemigram I used coconut oil. I sprayed it near the edge of the paper and let it drip down the page. When I exposed the paper and washed the oil off to then put the paper in the developer etc. It came out with this final look. The oil looks like it is eating away at the paper and looks like that the coconut oil is flaking apart as you can see in the top right corner. This is by far my most favorite chemigram in the whole experimental project. The oil looks kind of smokey in the background aswell from when i smeared it off. This gives it a nice galaxy looking effect on the chemigram.

 Experimental Photography

Double negatives

For our experimental project we first used double negatives as our first tester and welcome to experimental photography. We first had to use a tester to see how long we would have to expose our negatives to get the best visible result. The first 2 photos is the first double negative I did. You cant really see that it's a double negative because you cant see 2 photos merged together, but the bright light in the top right hand corner is the second negative. I didn't really like this double negative because of one negative not being visible enough.

I later decided to change the negative that wasn't visible enough to something that is more easier to see. As you can see on the tester below there is a females face that is in the middle of the bike (which is the second negative). I thought that this was a better negative to use. In the tester of this double negative I saw the the girls head was upside down so I decided to change it around for the final one.

In the final photo it looks like that the female is sitting on the bike from how I positioned it.

Landscape photography

Fay Godwin

The path in the middle of the photo looks like it is leading to a dark place because of the black and white filter making the trees in the background look dark and gloomy. Also the grey cloud in the sky gives the picture a dark and gloomy effect. The tree on the left hand side of the path looks like its dying because it doesn't have as many leaves as the tree on the right. The path seems to split the photo in half, with the tree on the left that seems to be losing its life so that side could be the more miserable side and the right side could be a brighter side because the tree seems to have more life and more leaves.

I like this photo because of the sky mainly. The hills on each side of the photo give the sky a fish bowl effect so that it looks zoomed in on a certain area of the sky. I also like the wall in the photo as well as it looks like the photographer is peeking over the wall to catch a photo of the horizon.

Landscape photography

Ansel Adams

I have chosen this photo because I like how the sun gives the sand mountain a different feeling. From where the sun is shining it looks like the left side of the mountain is the 'dark side'. I looks cold and looks like that side is supposed to have no life or living thing there. Maybe scary mythical creatures would live on that side. The bright side however looks a lot better because the sun is shining on it and  it's supposed to have happiness and joyful people/creatures on that side. It looks very warming and relaxing which would make someone happy.

This image is very clear. The photo looks like it is focusing on everything in the picture. You would expect the photo to focus on the mountains in the background because they are the largest objects in the photo, but really the rock in the centre of the photo is the main focus. It was the first thing I saw in the photo when I was doing my research. It doesn't even seem to actually stand out like a sore thumb when you really take a look at it, but as soon as you look away from the photo it seems to pop out of the photo.

Landscape photography

John Blakemore

I chose this photo as part of my research because it's really interesting. It seems to have been taken on a coast and the mist makes the photo look more gloomy and dark. I really find it interesting because because of the dark effect that it gives. The rocks look like they are drowning in the most and they are trying to get air by peeking through the layers of mist. The black and white filter makes the photo look old and not a modern day photo. I have a really big interest in black and white photos so it makes me more interested and drawn in by the photo.

This photo really interests me because of the sun reflecting off the water. The sun reflecting gives the water a smooth and frosted look. Because of the black and white effect it makes the rocks blend in with the water. I like when John Blakemore takes photos like these because it shows that landscape isn't just about taking photos of  a field and a sky with a couple of trees scattered around. It shows that you can experiment with the nature around you and take close up photos like the one above.